Significant Earthquakes of 2002

• January 2, 2002, Efate, Port Vila, Vanuatu IslandsM7.2 · tsunami
• January 9, 2002, Roghun, TajikistanM5.3 · 3 deaths
• January 10, 2002, Aitape, Papua New GuineaM6.7 · 1 death · 200 houses destroyed
• January 14, 2002, Cuya, Huara, Iquique, Pozo Almonte, Northern, ChileM5.6
• January 17, 2002, Gisenyi, RwandaM4.7 · 1,001 deaths · 307 houses destroyed
• January 30, 2002, San Andres Tuxtla, Tuxtepec, Veracruz, MexicoM5.9
• February 3, 2002, Afyon, TurkeyM6.5 · 44 deaths
• February 3, 2002, Roghun, TajikistanM4.9
• February 17, 2002, Baghan, IranM5.4 · 1 death
• February 22, 2002, Mexicali, Baja California, MexicoM5.5
• March 3, 2002, Samanghan, Kabul, Rustaq, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM7.4 · 166 deaths · 300 houses destroyed
• March 5, 2002, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.5 · 15 deaths · $1.7 million · tsunami
• March 25, 2002, Baghlan, Nahrin, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM6.1 · 1,000 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed
• March 26, 2002, Ryukyu Islands, JapanM6.4 · tsunami
• March 31, 2002, Taipei, TaiwanM7.1 · 5 deaths · 100 houses destroyed · tsunami
• April 1, 2002, Coquimbo, LA Serena, Ovalle, Central, ChileM6.4
• April 1, 2002, Morobe, Papua New GuineaM5.3 · 36 deaths
• April 12, 2002, Do Abi-Nahrin, Tajikistan, AfghanistanM5.9 · 50 deaths · 160 houses destroyed
• April 18, 2002, Copiapo, Taltal, ChileM6.6 · 34 houses destroyed
• April 18, 2002, Mexico CityM6.7 · tsunami
• April 20, 2002, Clinton, Essex, Au Sable Forks, New York, United StatesM5.2
• April 24, 2002, N, Kosovo, Macedonia, Balkans NW, SerbiaM5.7 · 1 death · $350 million
• April 24, 2002, Kermanshah, Western, IranM5.4 · 2 deaths
• April 25, 2002, Tbilisi, GeorgiaM4.3 · 5 deaths
• April 26, 2002, Guam, US TerritoriesM7.1
• May 18, 2002, Bunda, TanzaniaM5.5 · 2 deaths · 690 houses destroyed
• May 28, 2002, Aminga, Anillaco, Agua Blanca, Chuquis, ArgentinaM6 · 40 houses destroyed
• June 20, 2002, Rangpur, Thakurgaon, Almanagar, BangladeshM4.5
• June 22, 2002, Ab Garm-Abhar-Avaj-Shirin Su, IranM6.5 · 261 deaths · $300 million
• July 22, 2002, Aachen, Cologne, Spangdahlem, GermanyM4.8
• July 31, 2002, Laurel, Baru, Alanje, David, Costa Rica, PanamaM6.5
• August 8, 2002, Rulong, Sichuan Province, ChinaM5.3 · 8 houses destroyed
• August 14, 2002, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, US TerritoriesM6.5
• August 15, 2002, Tojo, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.2 · 48 deaths
• August 19, 2002, Fiji IslandsM7.7
• August 19, 2002, Fiji IslandsM7.7
• August 24, 2002, Cairo, EgyptM4.4
• September 2, 2002, Kak, Razan, Sizan, IranM5.2
• September 5, 2002, KyrgyzstanM5.5
• September 6, 2002, Palermo, Sicily, ItalyM6 · 2 deaths · $500 million
• September 8, 2002, Kairiru Is, Muschu Is, Wewak, Papua New GuineaM7.6 · 4 deaths · tsunami
• September 13, 2002, Rongat, Diglipur,ariel Bay, Andaman Islands, IndiaM6.5 · 2 deaths · 40 houses destroyed · tsunami
• September 20, 2002, Ransiki, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, IndonesiaM6.4
• September 22, 2002, Mansfield, Dudley, United KingdomM4.8
• September 25, 2002, Acapulco, MexicoM5.3
• September 25, 2002, Masjed-E Soleyman, IranM5.6
• September 30, 2002, Hennebont, Languidic, Lorient, Tremorel, FranceM4.2
• October 10, 2002, Manokwari, Oransbari, Ransiki, New Guinea, IndonesiaM7.6 · 8 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · tsunami
• October 23, 2002, Cantwell, Denali Natl Park, Alaska, United StatesM6.7
• October 24, 2002, Mugera, Kigali, Goma, Lwiro, Bukavu, Rwanda, CongoM6.2 · 2 deaths
• October 29, 2002, Santa Venerina, Sicily, ItalyM4.3
• October 31, 2002, San Guiliano Di Puglia, Campobasso, ItalyM5.7 · 30 deaths · $796 million
• November 1, 2002, Gilgit, PakistanM5.4 · 11 deaths
• November 2, 2002, Simeulue, Sumatera, IndonesiaM7.3 · 3 deaths
• November 3, 2002, Slana, Mentasta Lake, Fairbanks, Alaska, United StatesM7.9 · $56 million
• November 20, 2002, Dashkin, Doian, Mushkin, PakistanM6.3 · 19 deaths · 100 houses destroyed
• November 27, 2002, Mere Lava Island, Vanuatu IslandsM5.9
• December 2, 2002, Megalopolis, Vartholomion, GreeceM5.7 · 8 houses destroyed
• December 14, 2002, Yumne, Gansu Province, ChinaM5.5 · 2 deaths · 13,380 houses destroyed
• December 24, 2002, Kermanshah, IranM5.2 · 3,000 houses destroyed
• December 25, 2002, Wuqia, Xinjiang, ChinaM5.7
• December 25, 2002, Jalalabad, AfghanistanM5.5

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24.